BACKGROUND Annually, 35-40% of those aged >65 years fall; up to 5% of such falls result in fracture. Fracture is determined both by propensity to fall and by bone fragility. AIM To determine osteoporosis prevalence and predictors in patients who have fallen. DESIGN Observational cross-sectional study. METHODS We measured calcaneal BMD in 408 consecutive patients aged >50 years attending a...

OBJECTIVES Osteoprotegerin (OPG) has an important role in bone remodeling, and it has been proposed that the OPG gene might be a candidate gene for osteoporosis predisposition. Several studies have already assessed the connection between OPG gene polymorphism and bone mineral density (BMD). In this study we wanted to analyze the association of two polymorphisms in the OPG gene with BMD and bone...

Osteoporosis (OP); It is a metabolic bone disease characterized by decreased mineral density (BMD) and strength, increased fragility fracture risk, deterioration in the microarchitecture of tissue. The most important cause morbidity mortality OP are fractures such as osteoporotic hip fractures. Prevention treatment osteoporosis can prevent comorbidities. In this paper, available information abo...

Osteoporosis is the most common metabolic disease with significant impact on the morbidity and mortality of affected patients. Osteoporosis has a significant impact on the economy worldwide. The aim of this study was to find out whether heel ultrasound is as good as central bone densitometry scanning in diagnosing osteoporosis in patients who are at high risk of osteoporosis. This was a prospec...

Aim: The aim of this study was to compare two different models of osteoporosis radiographically and histopathologically and evaluate the effect of osteoporosis on alveolar bone. Methods: Twenty two rats were involved in this study. Study groups are; Control (C, n=6) group; retinoic acid-induced osteoporosis group (EG-1, n=8) and bran bread-induced osteoporosis group (EG2, n=8). Retinoic acid in...

BACKGROUND Osteoporosis in men is markedly underdiagnosed and undertreated despite higher morbidity and mortality associated with fractures. This study aimed to characterize adult Filipino men with osteopenia, osteoporosis and prevalent fractures. METHODS A cross-sectional study of 184 Filipino men ≥50 years screened for bone mineral density was performed. Age, weight, body mass index (BMI), ...

The cross sectional study aiming to assess the effect of Precaution adoption process model (PAPM) and nutritional knowledge concerning osteoporosis on dietary behavior of women. Two hundred and twenty women aged 21 years and above living in slum area in Alexandria, Egypt were randomly selected and asked about their nutritional knowledge, dietary behaviors and PAPM stages related to osteoporosis...

INTRODUCTION Until recently osteoporosis was seen mainly as a woman's problem. However, in the last ten years there has been rising awareness in society that osteoporosis constitutes an inseparable element of getting old for men as well. The aim of the research was to evaluate men's knowledge about osteoporosis and its risk factors contributing to the development of the disease. MATERIAL AND ...

background: osteoporosis is a chronic disease that contributes substantially to decrease physical activity and decline in the quality of life. osteoporosis can be diagnosed easily with the use of dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (dxa) equipment. the aim of this study was to investigate the magnitude of bone loss on proximal femur and lumbar spine ls in pre- and post-menopausal women from isfaha...

there have been a number of developments in screw design and implantation techniques over recent years, including proposal of an alternative trajectory entitled as cortical bone trajectory (cbt). cortical bone trajectory has been investigated in recent medical treatments as an alternative for screw fixation aimed at increasing purchase of pedicle screws in higher density bone. cbt screw inserti...